Plumen adds customisable chandelier kit to lighting range
Lighting brand Plumen has launched a self-assembly kit that lets people build their own modular chandeliers without using ceiling hooks. More
-
Bugaboo expands beyond pushchairs with first luggage collection
After 20 years making pushchairs, Dutch company Bugaboo is expanding into a different area of the travel market: luggage (+ slideshow). More
Seymourpowell creates gadgets from Google's Project Ara modular phone
The company behind the world's first widely available modular smartphone has released a set of concepts imagining completely new gadgets created with Google's Project Ara (+ slideshow). More
-
BUS Architecture designs modular play facility for cities with limited space
Korean firm BUS Architecture's Undefined Playground unfolds to transform crowded city space into a public sports facility for football, tennis, basketball or Frisbee (+ slideshow). More
-
Hannabi designs modular Urban Nomad sofa for generation rent
Hungarian furniture brand Hannabi has designed a modular sofa aimed at consumers who move frequently or live in small flats (+ slideshow). More
-
Crisscross flat-pack furniture aims to be easier to take apart than IKEA's designs
UK design graduate Sam Wrigley has launched a collection of designs that aim to make flat-pack furniture even more adaptable and easy to move (+ slideshow). More
-
BIG designs modular Alphabet of Light for Artemide
Milan 2016: Danish firm BIG has created a modular lighting system that can be rearranged to form different letters of a bespoke typeface. More
-
Modular Ø Sofa by Kilo Design is formed of three lozenge-shaped cushions
Danish studio Kilo Design has created a seating system for furniture brand +Halle constructed from a set of soft rearrangeable lozenge-shaped elements. More
-
Tokujin Yoshioka designs glass kitchen "to show the beauty of kitchen tools"
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has developed a transparent modular kitchen system with smoked glass surfaces that display the tools inside (+ slideshow). More
-
Blocks launches "world's first modular smartwatch" on Kickstarter
London-based startup Blocks has designed a smartwatch that allows wearers to choose the functionalities they need by clipping on additional modules. More
-
Red Bull's Stockholm office features modular mobile furniture
The new Stockholm office of energy drink company Red Bull incorporates a range of flexible communal spaces, including a reception with a modular desk that can be reconfigured for use as a bar in the evening (+ slideshow). More
-
Luca Nichetto designs modular Alphabeta pendant lamp for Hem
London Design Festival 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lamp for Scandinavian design brand Hem, which comprises colourful shades that stack in customisable combinations (+ movie). More
-
USM's Rethink the Modular exhibition aims to "give a new perspective on modularity"
Milan 2015: in this movie, USM CEO Alexander Schärer introduces the student installations at a Milan exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Swiss brand's Haller modular furniture system. More
-
Kilo Design creates modular headphones for Aiaiai
Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). More
-
Claesson Koivisto Rune's Gate sofa provides public charging points
Stockholm 2015: Scandinavian studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a modular sofa system for public spaces that allows sitters to recharge their phones and laptops while resting their legs. More
-
Rianne Koens’ stackable drawers function as cabinets, tables and stools
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Rianne Koens stacked sets of different-sized wooden boxes on top of angled legs to form these furniture pieces. More
-
MUT Design uses copper, marble and ash for "seductive" freestanding kitchen
Spanish studio MUT Design has created modular kitchen units from materials commonly found elsewhere in the home. More
-
Bulo's Dan modular furniture system is built from wooden ladders
Interieur 2014: Belgian furniture brand Bulo has launched a range of modular office furniture based around black ash wood frames. More
-
Steel frames are bolted together to form Flexible Order modular furniture system
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Fabricia Chang has created a series of pastel-coloured metal frames that bolt together into modular furniture pieces. More
-
Nendo's modular office tables create "casual spaces for standing conversation"
Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of modular desk units for office furniture and supplies brand Kokuyo to complement its existing Brackets sofa (+ slideshow). More
